(A) There is hereby established a uniform system of street naming in the address service area of the city and all streets, avenues, and other public and private ways shall be named in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(1) A street or other public roadway running in the same direction and having an angular deviation of not more than 90 degrees for a distance of not more than 350 feet, shall carry the same name unless special circumstances make such a plan impracticable or not feasible.
(2) Street names shall not be duplicated within the address service area.
(3) That part of any street ending in a permanent “dead-end,” or cul-de-sac, shall not carry the designation street, avenue, or road, but may carry the designation place, cove, trail, etc.
(4) The City Council may adopt further designations or any additional rules and regulations which may be required from time to time upon recommendation of the Planning Commission by amending this section.
(B) For the purpose of clarifying and systematizing the present street naming pattern in the address service area and to implement the application of the matters set forth in division (A) above, there is hereby adopted the following plan.
(1) The Planning Commission, coordinating with the Southeast Arkansas Regional Planning Commission, is hereby authorized to prepare and present to the City Council a recommendation for the naming of all unnamed streets, avenues, and public and private ways within the address service area of the city and to propose new names to eliminate duplications and sound alike street names.
(2) Guidelines for renaming existing streets may be used as criteria when considering the changing of a duplicate or sound-alike street name:
(a) Does one street have any historical reason for its name?
(b) Which street has the least number of structures on it and thus would require the least number of address changes?
(c) Which street has had its name for the longest period of time?
(d) Is the name and thoroughfare designation suffix appropriate according to other street names in the neighborhood?
(e) Which street name is used for the longest distance or the most traveled section?
(3) Priorities can be established by numerically weighing the importance of these items. Streets with the highest total number would be given priority for name retention.
(C) Developers of property are encouraged to propose street names or plats containing new streets under the guidelines of this subchapter. All such names are subject to review by the Planning Commission for compliance with this subchapter.
(Ord. 187, passed 11-13-89)